Paying for voters: McMahon campaign plan draws questions

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STAMFORD -- A plan formulated by the U.S. Senate campaign of Linda McMahon to pay students an extra $5 for each Republican registered during a voter registration drive at the University of Connecticut next week has drawn questions from election officials, lawmakers and at least one Republican vying for the nomination.

Paying to register voters for a political party is not illegal, but the practice has drawn questions, particularly during a highly publicized voter fraud probe of the non-profit group ACORN.

"It's a practice that the Justice Department has frowned upon," Av Harris, spokesman for the Secretary of the State's office, which oversees voter registration, said.

According to an e-mail circulated this week by Joseph Gasser, chairman of recruitment for the University of Connecticut College Republicans, "Linda McMahon's campaign has offered to pay us to help register voters on campus."

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